Bush's REAL Legacy...

[BlueDemKev]

Isn't the Iraq Debacle, it's the SUPREME COURT which has legally made corporations equivalent to individual citizens.

During the 2004 campaign, Bush said that his "ideal" judges were Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia. And he proved true to his word with Alito and Roberts.

[Stargleamer]

1. And Thomas and Scalia helped put him office. . .

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by disenfranchising hundreds if not thousands of Florida voters, whose legitimate vote was not counted because they were not manually examined. No coincidence there; they knew what Bush would do. Both of them should have recused themselves but that would require having a conscience which they don't.

[BlueDemKev]

3. Not Alito, you mean Scalia?

Alito wasn't appointed until 2005.

[Stargleamer]

4. Yeah, my mistake. Maybe I can correct. . .

Some have used the name "Scalito" to reflect how much alike they are and perhaps I was thinking of that.

[3catwoman3]

2. As if the damage from the 8 yrs of his presidency wasn't bad enough...

...the damage already done and the damage yet to come from the appointments by him, his daddy, and the B movie actor live way past these 3 doofuses' time in office.

[Submariner]

5. Two of the five SC justices appointed by an Iran Contra crook ex-B movie star,

two more appointed by a dimwit deserter with unearned legacy degrees from Harvard & Yale, and the last pube on a Coke can appointed by an over-age frat boy.

This is the shit we get when only 40% to 60% of the people come out to vote on a Tuesday night every 4 years, depending on weather. It's about time to make voting mandatory, like Australia, and do it all weekend long.

[Cosmocat]

10. People get cranky when I say this

it isn't the POLS faults, they are who they are, good, bad or complete scumbags.

It is OUR fault for not getting out to vote and reelecting them.

[BlueDemKev]

11. In 1984, Walter Mondale said "Don't let Ronald Reagan get his hands on the Supreme Court!"

...sadly, nobody listened.

[Jamaal510]

6. His legacy includes both of the above,

along with diminishing America's respect abroad and opening up a can of whoop-ass on the middle-class and the poor here.

[blkmusclmachine]

7. I'd still like to know more about granddaddy Prescott Bush's dealings with Germany in the 30s

[LynneSin]

8. Screw the majority. It's Reagan, Bush Sr and Bush Jr making decisions for this country...

based on the legacy they left behind.

[Cosmocat]

9. Yep, he was a feckless moron

but, he absolutely squared the supreme court picks - from a partisan perspective.

Both were qualified, no baggage to support any real opposition and both YOUNG, and his move to put Roberts in as chief justice instead of picking one of the existing ones ...

One of his "legacies" of his presidency will be having his pick be chief justice for going on half a century.